Kamisuwa

Japanese: 上諏訪 - かみすわ

The central town of the Suwa Basin in Shinano Province. The town was formed in the area of Takashima Castle (present-day Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture) of the Suwa Domain (Takashima Domain) as a combination of Kami-Suwa-shuku (established in the area of Shimokuwabara Village) and Kami-Suwa Onsen on the Koshu Road. It is located in the southeast of Lake Suwa, and the first place was officially named Kami-Suwa Village, which was established in 1874. The original center was near Suwakamisha (Suwa Taisha Shrine) at the foot of Mount Moriya, south of Lake Suwa, and in the Middle Ages it flourished due to the rise of Suwa faith and the activities of the Suwa clan samurai. In the early modern period, the center shifted to the area of Takashima Castle and the post town, which were established to the north, east of the lake. Takashima Castle was centered on Takashima Castle, which was built on the lakeshore by Hineno Takayoshi in 1590, and the Suwa clan, who were returned to the domain in 1601, continued to develop the castle and the area around it. The Koshu Road runs from southeast to northwest through Shimokuwabara Village, and most of the castle town ran along this road. In Kami-Suwa-juku, four towns (56 ken) along the road, including Kuwabara-cho and Kami-cho, were designated as horse-drawn carriage areas, and a wholesaler was established there in 1646. In the late Edo period, there were about 630 townhouses along the road, and a streetscape was formed on the north and south sides of the road.

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Japanese:

信濃国諏訪盆地の中心町。諏訪藩（高島藩）高島城下（現長野県諏訪市）に，甲州道中の上諏訪宿（下桑原村域に成立）や上諏訪温泉が複合して形成された。諏訪湖の南東部に位置し，正式な行政地名としては1874年に成立した上諏訪村が最初。本来の中心地は諏訪湖南方の守屋(もりや)山山麓の諏訪上社（諏訪大社）付近で，中世には諏訪信仰の隆盛や諏訪氏武士団の活躍により栄えた。近世はその北方の湖東に形成された高島城下・宿場町に中心が移った。高島城下は1590年日根野高吉が湖岸に築いた高島城を中心とし，1601年に帰封した諏訪氏も続いて城と城下を整備した。甲州道中は下桑原村を南東から北西に走り，城下町の大半もこれに沿っていた。上諏訪宿は道中沿いの桑原町・上町などの４町56間が伝馬屋敷として設定され，1646年に問屋が設置された。江戸時代後期の道中沿いの町家は約630軒で，その南北にも町並を形成された。

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